- tojeem
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Absolutely. I think it's a marvelous tool to have, even if technology provides an "alternative".
In addition to the brailler, this purchase came with over a dozen textbooks and sample readers for braille for sighted people (such as translators). So I might have a crack at learning some rudimentary skills down the track. It will make interesting reading, I'm sure.
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Not anybody's idea of a jaw dropping design triumph...
Where have you been hiding?!?
I like it, and would jump at the opportunity to buy one locally. I have a previous generation model and it's a great machine to type with. Could you do me a favour and post a photo of the left side of your Triumph-Adler?
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Hehe... Got five typewriters today. All early ones. Three Underwoods (#3, A noiseless, and a mystery one which I will say below), a royal #10 with pinstripes, and a Remington 12.
Guess what the mystery Underwood is? No, its not a #5, or Wagner!
Its a....
26 inch carriage model! That thing is HUGE! I have to turn sideways in doorways!
Back from a long break.
Starting fresh with my favorite typer. A Royal Futura!
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Uwe, I would be happy to, but first....
ARGH!
That was directed at GooglePhotos, with which it took me an hour to find the correct path to copy a non-broken link. Of course it's something so seemingly simple that if you don't realize how sensitive it is to just where you right click and pick the similarly named option you will think "I've got this", and promptly forget it. But I digress.
Here are the sides:
I also have acquired an earlier model with the grey rounded body and eagle logo on front - but while this machine was packed by an intelligent human being the earlier one was packed by a... I should not say it, but it's one of the hominids and I think they live on Borneo. It was essentially loose in a box and arrived with a carriage rail sticking out and the carriage hit so hard it was jammed askew. In an ecstasy of I will make this work! I improvised a repair for the smashed bearing and missing balls - it moves now and types, but it will never be the same machine.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton".
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They are lovely machines, and yes by 1972 T-A was in Litton ownership. On the later ones, the outer case was plastic. Those two red levers are indeed to release the carriage - it lifts straight off. Once the carriage is removed, you may see the cause of the problem. It sounds as if the tabulator brake is jammed.
Thank you for that, typewriterman. I can't say if it was jamming the tabulator brake but I did find a scrap of correction paper underneath the carriage, and everything worked beautifully after it was out.
I double checked and yes, the dust cover and parts of the carriage housing are plastic, but the bulk of the body makes an unmistakable metallic sound when you tap it.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton".
- ztyper
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Hehe... Got five typewriters today...
Yo, can I have that amount of luck? How did you even get that many to begin with? My luck is trickling in... The only good find that I've have recently is the Olivetti Lettera 22 that I snapped the drawstring of...
A high schooler with a lot of typewriters. That's pretty much about it.
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Well, there is this guy apparently who lives in town and has 30 of them! He isn't as in depth as we are, just cleans them up, and wanted to sell some.
Back from a long break.
Starting fresh with my favorite typer. A Royal Futura!
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Here are the sides...
Hurray! And many thanks. You have confirmed a suspicion of mine that I could not absolutely prove until I saw those photos. It's a shame that I've never come across those models in my area, and as you pointed out, receiving a shipped standard is an even scarier proposition than it is with a portable.
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No picture, but I have got a v reasonable deal on a very sweet 1963 Olympia SF. Just bog-standard, cute, with little spots of rust inside that make no difference - it's lovely outside. Pica. Works a treat.
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Well, there is this guy apparently who lives in town and has 30 of them! He isn't as in depth as we are, just cleans them up, and wanted to sell some.
Wish there was another typewriter lover within my area... Get's kinda lonely when nobody like hearing you ramble on why you like the Royal 10 more than the Royal 440...
(though at least there's no competition when it comes to acquiring typewriters locally)
A high schooler with a lot of typewriters. That's pretty much about it.
